Decisions, decisions...

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

A clarifying question: What are the consequences of a delay in your 
projected travels up and down the coast, such delay due to a failure of 
some system on the car you are driving?  How much flexibility do you have 
to do whatever you are traveling there to do, and still get it done the way 
you need to? In other words, what will happen if you get delayed for a few 
days while the car gets parts and attention? Maybe even 4 days.

If you can't afford such delays, then you can't afford to drive an 
unreliable car.

How you make  your car (whichever) reliable enough to fit into your reason 
for driving is the next step, along with a cost projection.

When you have all that on paper, you can live with it for a few days and 
emerge with a feel for which choices you like best.

Be sure to include the personal factors of past dreams and present 
circumstances.

And let us know where you come out. All your choices sound like they could 
do the job at some level. I think setting the flexibility time window is a 
good move.


Doyt Echelberger

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
At 02:35 PM 8/7/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, here we go.  Another crackpot Fisher plan begins to boil up...
>
>I just completed a really lovely road trip in the '83 CGT, .snip.........
>The next best thing would be to hear from listers ............snip..........
>.......................snip.....................
>Thanks,
>
>--Scott Fisher
>   Tualatin, Oregon